News from the department of Chemical Engineering

Milica Radisic, a graduate of McMaster’s Chemical Engineering program, delivered a talk about her research and reflected on her time as a McMaster student. /

Four McMaster experts have been featured in local and national media over the last two weeks.

Chemical Engineering professor Zeinab Hosseinidoust is developing a targeted IBD treatment using bacteriophages that change harmful bacteria's behaviour while preserving beneficial gut microbes.

Nine McMaster faculty members, including Professors Todd Hoare and Leyla Soleymani, have been named fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, one of the highest honours for individuals in the health sciences community.

Engineering postdoc Navid Noor has discovered a way to convert wastewater nitrates to ammonia, one of the world’s most important chemical compounds.

Researchers from Health Sciences and Engineering worked together on a targeted approach using bacteriophages to disarm harmful microbes without disrupting the broader gut ecosystem.

Scientific and engineering breakthroughs are making it possible to produce ammonia from pollution rather than fossil fuels, write Navid Noor and Drew Higgins.

Convocation is a time for reflection and celebration. To mark the occasion, we asked 15 graduating students to share their stories, reflect on how they built themselves at McMaster Engineering over the course of their degrees and get a glimpse at what’s on the horizon for them.

Eleanor Robson’s time spent on the water led her to McMaster’s Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering program. Now, her life is about to come full circle as she transitions to a career in water treatment.

Researchers developed a modified silicone that resists clotting and immune refection by chemically bonding antifouling polymers, improving medical implant safety and expanding potential vascular applications.

Several Faculty of Engineering faculty members are among the newly appointed or renewed CRCs, while others are recipients of the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

Boyang Zhang, associate professor of chemical engineering, is leading the development of organ-on-a-chip technology, which aims to accelerate drug discovery by constructing in vitro human tissue models for use in preclinical testing.